Edmund Sonuga-Barke is Professor of Developmental Psychopathology at the University of Southampton. His research has covered a wide field of developmental psychopathology and he is well known for his formulation, elaboration and testing of a distinctive neurocognitive approach to the problems of attention deficit and hyperactivity. His work has changed radically our understanding of ADHD: from a fixed deficit theory about attention to the modern view, based on several alterations of decision-making and response to reward, responsive to environmental change as well as constitution. He was the intellectual leader of the European ADHD Guidelines Group, whose reviews and conclusions have had a major impact on treatment in Europe, including NICE guidelines for the NHS.
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Back to directory listingProfessor Edmund Sonuga-Barke FBA FMedSci
Job Title
Professor of Developmental Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience
Institution
King's College London
Year elected
2016
Interests
SpecialitiesNeuro-developmental origins of mental disorder in childhood and adolescence.
Section committee elected byPsychiatry, psychology and mental health, behavioural science, genomics, epidemiology, clinical trials, population health sciences and global health
Online Information
Personal Website
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